New-York tribune., 1887-11-21
DIR PARKER TO GO BACk.
TO SAIL FOR HOME IN THREE "EEhS'
s,y1SG UP MS LECTURE TouR-To rREACh
N PLYMOUTH CHUECH.

a,v,xc TIP HIS LECTURE TOUR-To PREACh ~
IN PLYMOUTH CHURCH.
r,s ,.c,urc tour OF Dr. Joseph Parker, when ocs"n
I'm this country after his delivery OF tho oue' J 90
Henry " ard Rcechcr. and which II was l"P l,, ont
o,,cra for six months, has bcc~ Suuucn'Y
abort and DR. Parker will return TO fhs'sn' =, ,ho
M, -e,son for this Is said to be louhu J" Va"
., ,ho, be has not been a. successim a' was - -
r.,cd and hi, services arc not IN so eic" ~ " -
- warrant him In remaining as long way H''" n''
London church as he cXpeN'ou - T., 49,,
Ubop nr Parker prcac he'd his farewell sermon III 'ho
,,,., ron,,e Iondon last summer he said no would
ho .uav uutt Aprl 1888 but did not purpose 10 re-
main ncrrpancntly in America There was ho"rNo'
one reason which led him to plciT AhicI0a ~ '7
land and that because there were 10 i"9>o",,,
here He reached this country early IN 0cP'o'"'''
nd snept a month in Cornwall, TconderoSa, LehoN
and other places, and the first sunday IN "o'o''
he preached twice to great audiences III flS ", ~,
Church and on tho following Tuesday ueiNcrou '
eulogy on Mr.. BecChcr In the Academy Vi '' "
Brooklyn. Up TO that time there had Wv" NJ, ~
loss talk about his being called 10 s"o'o'u ' -,
but the sentiment of the church was uec'ocu'! 'pp'
a., :, and an end 10 tho talk has been made by tho
action I'm calling the Rev Mr. Berry IL Is u'''i s'"u
,o,.r that Dr. Pa kor himself would not have looked
with entire dsfavor upon proposition TO accept 'ho
vacant pulpit
Immediately after delivering the culogy he began
his ecfnre tour in Philadelphia and this CITY, lie un
Jobs Comfortcrs, sympathy from SCIENCE which
WAS published in this country several years ago and
widely read and he did not draw large audiences In
Krookyn about the middle Of october, he ccurcd on
Clocks and Watches" another old subject to nero
handful OF peoplc lie has also appeared In Boston,
Ottawa, Chicago and other cities, but only In occaS'
ional instances has he drawn large audiences.
LITTLE TO BE LEARNED FROM HIS MANAGER.
Major Pond his manager, was seen by TRlBuNs
reporter yesterday. To question as 10 when Dr.
Parker would return to England he said, lie Will
sail on the 10Th of next month";
sWin hc preach again in Plymouth Church before
he goes ~ u.u-o,,n, ,r.. ada v,or bo was ,ber,
before, and he VIII pfoDaOly plca'h oh tho s'n vi ~
ceIDbcr" , l..
What IS the reason no returns so soon when hc
purpOsed TO remain six months ~
~ am his manager so cannot say ,
" as the audience H. had III biOohyh d iAr saniPO
OF the way he has drawnf' ~ =, ~ .,o. In
No. lie hos had large audiences In many places III
which he ha, been heard. Now that Mr.. Bcechcr IS
zone Dr. Parker Is the only genuine pulpit orator VIC
Canon Iiddon The latter IS wonderfully eloquent ana
have tried NY best To get him to come 10 thS couhnS
! o1ered him A guarantee of $500 night Dut ne Won y
come | think he would draw Immensely, eSpecla"S
smonc people Of his own denomination - -,
Major Pond refused 10 say any hing more aoou. pl,
parLers purpose In returning. 1t VIII greatly SlpI.
b's frIcIdS Who expected him 10 have suCceSNlni
featuring tour during the winter, and 10 prcach aSd
in Plymouth church in the spring ~ was p,t p,r ~
Eroojlyn Yesterday that the prom pt hllng OF ny
nulut had something do with l)r IafkeI . u
drterm,nat on to return to his church lie sta ~
fou davs aru that owing 10 the EN- hn>la>l ~
tho mai OF Gladstone when ne heht,VIo " ond Uld
posed to prepare new lecture on inc Ui0"N 0'''